West Minor Transactions: 07/01/2026

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As expected, the opening day of free agency brought plenty of action from around the league. Here are today’s minor signings from Western Conference teams:

The Los Angeles Kings have signed forward Lane Pederson to a two-year, $1.75MM contract. Pederson spent last season with the AHL’s Lehigh Valley Phantoms, where he racked up 48 points in 63 games. He has played in 76 NHL games through his career, scoring 11 points and a minus-19. Los Angeles also signed forward Jan Jenik to a one-year, two-way contract worth $850K at the NHL level. Jenik split last season between 41 games with the Belleville Senators and two games with the Ontario Reign. He combined for 17 points and 29 penalty minutes. He has played in 24 career NHL games, with six points and 20 penalty minutes. PuckPedia confirmed the Kings have also signed defenseman Scott Perunovich, who scored nine goals and 49 points in 64 games for the AHL’s Tucson Roadrunners last season.
The Calgary Flames announced four two-way contracts. Forward Ben Jones and defensemen Jake Livingstone and Matt Benning have each signed contracts worth $850K, while defenseman Andreas Englund signed a deal worth $900K. Jones, Livingstone, and Benning will bring two-way impact to the Calgary Wranglers while Englund steps in as the team’s next enforcer.
Forwards Arttu Hyry and Artem Shlaine, as well as goaltender Brandon Halverson, have signed new deals with the Dallas Stars. Hyry has inked a two-year, $1.8MM contract while both Shlaine and Halverson signed one-year, two-way deals. Hyry split his season between 19 points in 27 AHL games and five points in 20 NHL games. With only 25 games at the top flight in his career, a new deal will offer the chance to better earn a full-time, NHL role. Shlaine scored 38 points, split evenly, in 67 games with the AHL’s Texas Stars. Halverson recorded 24 wins and a .905 save percentage in 43 games with the Syracuse Crunch.
Depth defenseman Jack Ahcan has signed a two-year, two-way deal with the Nashville Predators per Alex Daugherty of the Tennessean. Ahcan finished second in AHL defenseman scoring last season with 50 points in 61 games. He will represent a nice bit of depth scoring for the Predators, and another Colorado Avalanche transplant following Chris MacFarland’s move from Colorado’s GM role to Nashville’s.

Earlier today, Lou Korac of the NHL reported that the St. Louis Blues had signed forward Dillon Dube to a one-year, $850K contract for the 2025-26 campaign. In his return to the professional ranks last year, Dube scored 20 goals and 37 points in 46 games for the AHL’s Springfield Thunderbirds.
According to PuckPedia, the Nashville Predators agreed on a one-year, two-way contract with defenseman Hunter Skinner. Skinner had spent the last three years with the Blues organization. Last season, primarily playing for the AHL Springfield, Skinner registered seven goals and 19 points in 60 games with a +2 rating.
The Chicago Blackhawks announced that they’ve signed defenseman Dylan Anhorn to a one-year, two-way contract for the 2026-27 season. He played for the AHL’s Manitoba Moose last year, scoring three goals and 17 points in 46 games with a +4 rating. Additionally, Ben Pope of the Chicago Sun-Times shared that the Blackhawks have also signed defenseman Connor Mackey. Mackey, 29, has 45 games of NHL experience, scoring four goals and 11 points.
According to a team announcement, the Colorado Avalanche have signed defenseman Domenick Fensore to a one-year deal. Additionally, the team has also signed forward Adam Beckman to a two-year, $1.75MM contract. Both Fensore and Beckman spent much or all of the 2025-26 campaign in the AHL.
Michael Russo of The Athletic reports that the Minnesota Wild have inked Dylan Gambrell and Jagger Joshua to two-way contracts for the 2026-27 season. Additionally, Russo reported that the team has brought back a familiar face in Mason Shaw, who last played for the Wild in the 2023-24 season, scoring one goal and three points in 20 games.
According to Rick Dhaliwal of The Athletic, the Anaheim Ducks have signed former second-round pick Jett Woo to a two-year contract. Additionally, the Ducks announced that they have signed forward Judd Caulfield to a two-year, two-way contract. Woo, 25, has spent most of his career in the Canucks organization, scoring 23 goals and 93 points in 310 games at the AHL level.
The Canucks made a pair of minor signings today. The team announced they have signed Akil Thomas, and Sportsnet’s Elliotte Friedman shared that they have also signed Trey Fix-Wolansky. Fix-Wolansky has been a standout player in the AHL for the past three years, scoring 83 goals and 175 points in 195 games split between the Cleveland Monsters and Hartford Wolf Pack.
Earlier today, the Edmonton Oilers announced that they had signed forward Eduards Tralmaks to a one-year, two-way contract. Additionally, the Oilers are also bringing Max Jones back on a one-year, league minimum deal. Jones has spent the better parts of the last two years as a depth forward for Edmonton, scoring four goals and seven points in 40 games while averaging 8:44 of ice time per game.
The Vegas Golden Knights announced a lengthy list of signings. The team has added Jakub Demek, Joe Fleming, Marc Gatcomb, Tanner Laczynski, and Raphael Lavoie on offense, and Dylan Coghlan, Adam Ginning, Ville Heinola, and Antti Tuomisto on defense. The Golden Knights did not specify if any of the aforementioned players were earning more than a league minimum salary.
Curtis Pashelka of the Mercury News confirmed that the Sharks have signed one of their newest prospects to a contract. After acquiring him from the Boston Bruins a few days ago, the Sharks have signed Andre Gasseau to a two-year, entry-level contract. A former seventh-round pick, Gasseau recently finished his senior season at Boston College, scoring six goals and 23 points in 27 games.
The Utah Mammoth have quickly replaced Perunovich for their AHL affiliate. PuckPedia shared that the Mammoth have signed defenseman Zachary Jones to a two-year, two-way deal. Jones spent all of last season with the AHL’s Rochester Americans, scoring 10 goals and 62 points in 60 games with a -11 rating.
The Dallas Stars are bringing back a familiar face. The team announced they have signed forward Joel Kiviranta to a one-year, $1MM contract. Kiviranta spent the first four years of his career with the Stars, scoring 16 goals and 28 points in 163 games.

Source: Brennan McClain · https://www.prohockeyrumors.com/2026/07/west-minor-transactions-07-01-2026.html

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